High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, ZY Yuan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) comprising five or more elements in near-equiatomic
proportions have attracted ever increasing attention for their distinctive properties, such as …

Fundamental understanding of structural reconstruction behaviors in oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts

H Zhong, Q Zhang, J Yu, X Zhang, C Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal‐based oxyhydroxides (MOOH) derived from the irreversible structural
reconstruction of precatalysts are often acknowledged as the real catalytic species for the …

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, WW Tian… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic splitting of water holds great promise as a sustainable and
environmentally friendly technology for hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics …

Toward electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction: longstanding debates and emerging catalysts

J Wang, B Zhang, W Guo, L Wang, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) has lasted around 70 years, since the first
investigation in the early 1950s. Though enormous effort has been devoted in this field, it is …

Insights into the activity of nickel boride/nickel heterostructures for efficient methanol electrooxidation

Y Qi, Y Zhang, L Yang, Y Zhao, Y Zhu, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Designing efficient catalysts and understanding the underlying mechanisms for anodic
nucleophile electrooxidation are central to the advancement of electrochemically-driven …

Methanol upgrading coupled with hydrogen product at large current density promoted by strong interfacial interactions

Y Hao, D Yu, S Zhu, CH Kuo, YM Chang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Anodic organic upgrading offers a promising strategy to produce value-added chemicals
and to facilitate coupled hydrogen production but it is still challenging in terms of long-term …

Ultrahigh stable methanol oxidation enabled by a high hydroxyl concentration on Pt clusters/MXene interfaces

J Zhu, L **a, R Yu, R Lu, J Li, R He, Y Wu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Anchoring platinum catalysts on appropriate supports, eg, MXenes, is a feasible pathway to
achieve a desirable anode for direct methanol fuel cells. The authentic performance of Pt is …

Unraveling a bifunctional mechanism for methanol-to-formate electro-oxidation on nickel-based hydroxides

B Zhu, B Dong, F Wang, Q Yang, Y He, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For nickel-based catalysts, in-situ formed nickel oxyhydroxide has been generally believed
as the origin for anodic biomass electro-oxidations. However, rationally understanding the …

High‐entropy intermetallic PtRhBiSnSb nanoplates for highly efficient alcohol oxidation electrocatalysis

W Chen, S Luo, M Sun, X Wu, Y Zhou, Y Liao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The control of multimetallic ensembles at the atomic‐level is challenging, especially for high‐
entropy alloys (HEAs) possessing five or more elements. Herein, the one‐pot synthesis of …